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The Unwanted Guest

He has come again

Never welcome, never kind

The unwanted guest 

How I wish we weren’t intertwined 

 

Sometimes he gives notice

Sometimes, none at all 

The unwanted guest 

His shadow looms and curtains fall 

 

When he departs 

The darkness stays

The unwanted guest 

When will he free us from these chains

 

A friend to none

Yet known by all

The unwan...

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